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Market research for the pet care industry

Euromonitor has the world’s most comprehensive research on the pet care industry. We monitor and analyse industry trends in pet care globally, including in-depth data on market share and market size – from the “big picture” down to specific category levels. Categories in pet care include:

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South African consumers are set to continue to feel the pressure of rising living costs in 2015 as reflected by their willingness to try brand alternatives for most basic food products. This trend has since filtered through to pet food sales with ...

Consumer spending power continues to be eroded by the ever escalating cost of living in South Africa. Electricity and fuel costs are set to remain the most common cost drivers affecting the overall spending of consumers. Customers are reported to be ...

Space to keep a pet is set to remain a key challenge to many in 2015. Quite a number of citizens live in environments where there is limited room to look after larger pets, such as cats and dogs. Smaller pets such as birds, fish and other reptiles ...

The South African pet food market continued to witness upward growth in 2014 and this is expected to continue in 2015, driven to a large degree by unit price increases by manufacturers due to various economic pressures leading to higher production ...

South Africans are increasing their spending on the general upkeep of their pets despite the prevailing economic challenges which are set to restrict disposable income growth amongst consumers in 2015. Pets were traditionally perceived to be animals ...

As in 2014, scarcity is the most notable trend in cat food in 2015. Retailers continue to run out of supplies of domestic and imported brands. Importers and domestic producers are unable to maintain a steady offering of products due to the delays ...

Information about the benefits of prepared dog food is widely available and the pet humanisation trend is seen in many families in 2015. Concern about abandoned dogs is increasing and people are showing greater interest in their health and wellness. ...

Despite the trend that favours pets that are different to dogs and cats, other pet food volume is expected to decrease in 2015. Problems with importing significantly impacted this result since supply was restricted. Lack of access to foreign exchange...

Government policy on imports became even more restrictive in 2014. Inventories decreased as firms could not import most of their requirements. Buyers could not find many of their preferred products and therefore volume decreased. Discretionary ...

Severe import restrictions negatively affect pet products, since most of the brands come from abroad. Importers of pet products are unable to maintain a steady offering of products whilst prices saw high growth. Not even pharmaceutical companies are ...